Superba Collection

Tiger-like stanhopea orchid, Stanhopea tigrina. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe

LYREBIRD
(Menura superba, or Menura novae-hollandae) When it comes to showing off, the Australians do it best

Purple-stained laelia orchid, Cattleya purpurata (Laelia purpurata). Chromolithograph from an illustration by B. Herincq from Edward Steps Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse, Frederick Warne

Superb sunbird, Cinnyris superbus (Superb creeper, Certhia superba). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

Banded cotinga, Cotinga maculata, endangered (Superb chatterer, Ampelis superba).Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

Long-billed starthroat, Heliomaster longirostris. Juvenile
Long-billed starthroat, Heliomaster longirostris (Ornismya superba). Juvenile. Handcolored steel engraving by Coutant after an illustration by Jean-Gabriel Pretre from Rene Primevere Lessons Natural

Black sicklebill, Epimachus fastosus. Vulnerable. (Grand promerops, Upupa superba.) New Guinea. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds

Flowers from Bombay, India. Flame lily, Gloriosa superba, black-eyed Susan vine, Thunbergia alata, golden champak, Magnolia champaca and lilac hibiscus, Hibiscus lilacinus

Superb Fairywren, Malurus cyaneus cyaneus, from Tasmania.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany, 1800

Superb bird-of-paradise, Lophorina superba.. Copied from Jacques Barrabands illustration for Francois Levaillants Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis, 1801

Winged-stem passion flower with crimson, purple and white flowers, Passiflora alata superba.. Drawn and zincographed by C. T

The Hanlons new Superba. Date c1898

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